Tobacco-pipe.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

J. YOAKUM.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.20, 190B.

the pipe and 2 the stem thereof.

JESSE YOAKUM, OF BISBEE, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed March 20, 1908. Serial No. 422.287.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jessa YOAKUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bisbee, in the county of Cochise and Territory of Arizona,have invented new and useful Imirovements in Tobacco-Pipes, of which theiollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tobacco pipes, the object of the inventionbeing to provide in connection with the ordinary tobacco or smoking piwe. a combined wind guard and scratchcr w iieh, by reason of its doublefunction, greatly facilitates the lighting of a pipe by providing meansfor igniting the matches -and also for shielding or guarding the samefrom wind currents during the process of igniting the tobacco.

With the'ahove genera-l object in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fullydescribedjllustrated and claimed.

In the accom )anying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ipeembodying the iresent invention showing the wind guard i olded. Fig. 2is a similar view showing the wind guard raised to its operativeposition. Fig. 3 is a )lan view showing the guard arranged as shown inFig. 1.

in the drawings, 1 designates the bowl of These parts mav be composed ofany suitable material and constructed and arranged in any preferredmanner.

In carrying out the present inven ion I )IUYldC a wind guard 3 which isshown in lig. 3 as substantially semi-circular or semivlindrical incross section as to its base portion. the said guard tapering orcontracting in -l7.( towards its outer free end 4. In the )referredembodiment of the invention, the larger end portion 5 of the wind guardforms in shape a curvature to the upper portion of the bowl 1 as clearlyindicatet in P ig. 3 so as to.ilt closely around the same either initsfolded position as shown in Fig. 1 or in its raised position of use asshown in Fig. 2.

The wind guard 3 is ivotally mounted at (i on the pipe bowl 1. he pivotsmay consist of fasteners such as screws as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 andare preferabl arran ed exactly opposite eachother an equiistant from thefront and back of the bowl so as to enable the guard to set closelyaround the bowl either when raised orlowered. The guard is also providedwith small ,erforations 7 extending through the longer wall thereof andthese perforations are preferably formed by punching the guard from theinside outward so as to prov de projecting spurs or points which form aroughened match scratching surface.

After fillin the pipe with tobacco, the guard is raiset l to theposition shown in Fig. 2. The match is then struck against the erforatedand roughened surface and then ield over the pipe bowl, behind the windguard 3, the operator facing the wind. The uard deflects the wind and inthat way shields the flame of the match while air percolates through thesmaller perforations 7 and disables any tendency toward a vacuum causedby the wind passing rapidly by the sides of the guard and over the topof the same. Without the perforations 7, the wind would tend to roduce avacuum in the it per portion'of t is pi e bowl and within tie guard,causing an et dy which would put out the flame. Such tendency toward avacuum is however dissipated b the air passing inward throu h the sma lperforations 7 which divide up 51c air into small portions which ofthemselves are not sufficient to put out the flame.

In addition to the match-scratch surface of the wind guard, the-bowl maybe provided with a match-scratch surface extending a suitable distancearound the same as shown at 8, which will add to the convenience of thesmoker.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

The combination with a pipe bowl, of a wind. guard substantiallycylindrical in cross section and pivotall connected with the bowl so asto extend downward along one side thereof or upward toward the top ofthe bowl, said wind guard being provided with perforations formed bypunc ing through the guard from the inside, thereby forming anexteriorly rou hened match scratching surface, substantia y asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RAY B. Kanas, W. J. Fmncrs.

